Thanks for the plug Jengo! Chapter 7 covers the RAFG flying.
Flying in the low flying areas in Germany at the time was free play. If you were cleared to play you played! If someone wasn't combat ready they waggled off. If they were, they didn't! Some played at 250 feet, some played at 500 feet, some struggled to stay below the light aircraft level of 1500 feet.
I got 850 hours on my first tour but that slowed down at Wildenrath when I started pulling duties in the tower and on the desk. I finished with 1550 hours at the end of that tour and 2000 hours when I finished on the F4 after an instructional tour. It all depended on the squadron and the role you played. The Boss flew the most!
Most of our flying was at low level. We flew the medium level stuff at night. The weather was normally terrible but it didnt stop flying. The only people down low in those conditions were normally the RAF -known as Brit VFR. We saved ACT and gunnery for Cyprus and Deci mostly. Mind you, the average day in the low flying area was as close to ACT as you could get.
The exchange pilot yu were struggling to remember was "Uncle Ron" (Ron S)
